ARGH

[auronlu]

"I never understood why people liked pairing characters of the same gender together, or what gave people the idea that two characters were possibly in a romantic relationship—for any game, not just Final Fantasy XIII. I never personally tried to understand this because mentally, I could not imagine two characters of the same gender in a romantic relationship."

— well-intentioned, generally insightful commenter whom I really like.

The context: Dunquixote had a good write-up of first impressions about FFXIII. In response, among other things, I asked about how DQ saw the Fang/Vanille relationship. I should be able to accept differing interpretations.

However, "I can't imagine two characters of the same gender in a romantic relationship" seems a little different to me than "No, despite the hints, I don't think the game made it explicit what their relationship is."

I don't know how to respond tactfully. It's very important that I do respond tactfully, because this may be a moment for a little gentle consciousness-raising.

Except I can't, because I'm irked.

/frustrated

Comments

I wanted to add

[cumuluscastle]

That I wasn't trying to say the comments weren't homophobic or very irk-inducing or that they shouldn't be addressed, just that in my experience with teens, although many of their schools have Gay-Straight Alliances, many of them are still poorly educated and that to me the comment sounded like it came from someone who didn't have a clue.

Re: I wanted to add

[auronlu]

My first impression was "didn't have a clue" as well.

Which is why I feel like I should reply. Instill clue.